Rebab in Turkey.
fiddle (Arabic الربابة or ربابة - "arc (instrument )"),[ 1] also rebap, Rabab, rebeb, rababah, or al-rababa) is a type of stringed musical instrument which is so called at the latest from the 8th century and spread through Islamic trade routes for more than North Africa, Middle East, parts of Europe, and Far East. Some varieties often have a stalk at the bottom for fiddle to rest on the ground, and so-called stalk fiddle in a certain area, but there are versions like the kabuli plucked fiddle (sometimes referred to as robab or rubab).
Trigon size is usually small, rounded body, the front is covered in a membrane such as parchment or sheepskin and has a long neck attached. There is a long thin neck with pegbox at the end and there is one, two or three strings. There is no tone board. This instrument is made ​​upright, either resting on the lap or on the floor. His bow is usually more curved than the violin.
Fiddle, though appreciated for its tone of voice, but has a very limited range (little more than an octave), and gradually replaced in many of the Arab world by the violin and kemenche. This is related to Iraq instruments, Joza, which has four strings.
Introduction fiddle to Western Europe have been possible in conjunction with the conquest of Spain by the Moors, in the Iberian Peninsula. However, there is evidence of this instrument in the 9th century as well as in Eastern Europe: Persian geographers of the 9th century Ibn Khurradadhbih quoting the Byzantine lira (or lūrā) as a musical instrument bow typical Byzantine and Arab equivalent Rabab.

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